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Thursday, August 29, 2019
Eighty high school students from the Brownsville Independent School District competed recently in the first Space Settlement Design Tournament: 2050 Lunar Mining Settlement, at Veterans Memorial Early College High School.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Sara Sanchez, a UTRGV legacy alumna and high school folklórico instructor, recently ran into some of her former students on their way to dance rehearsal with UTRGV’s Ballet Folklórico.

Thursday, August 15, 2019
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranks third among public universities in Texas that provide the best value, according to the Best Colleges for Your Money 2019 rankings released by Money.com.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
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The Cradle of the Italian Renaissance – Florence, Italy – provided the backdrop for an unforgettable UTRGV Study Abroad experience this summer for six undergraduate students.

Friday, August 09, 2019
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Sand, rocks and permeable concrete can help save lives, but you have to know how to use them. And a recent JSTEM Summer Program at UTRGV taught area high school students how to do just that.

Friday, August 09, 2019
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In his final year at Rising Scholars Academy of South Texas, Rene Zavier Villarreal was part of the chess team, which won first place at the Texas Chess Association Regional Chess Championship.

Thursday, August 08, 2019
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The National Science Foundation has awarded UTRGV’s Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (CGWA) $516,000 for the second phase of construction of a telescope dedicated to research on gravitational waves.

Wednesday, August 07, 2019
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Dr. Gladys Maestre, professor of neurosciences at The UTRGV School of Medicine, director of the Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer´s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging, and director of the Memory Disorders Center at the UTRGV Institute for ...

Thursday, August 01, 2019
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The UTRGV School of Music’s Patron of the Arts Series continues to bring world class performances to the university and Valley communities on both the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses.

Friday, July 26, 2019
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In much the spirit of Lumiére’s grand song, “Be Our Guest,” UTRGV has launched a hospitality and tourism initiative designed to teach students about serving guests with style and meeting their needs with efficiency.

Thursday, July 25, 2019
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The Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded The UTRGV School of Medicine a four-year, $2.5 million grant for scholarships for medical students from the Rio Grande Valley.

Thursday, July 18, 2019
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Science teachers from 15 school districts in the Rio Grande Valley will head back to their classrooms this fall with new curriculum, courtesy of the UTRGV Agroecology Professional Development Institute.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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Members of the UTRGV Chess Team – two-time national champions as well as the Texas champions – are holding a summer camp for students and adults of various levels of accomplishment, from learning the game to upping it.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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The University Transportation Center for Railway Safety (UTCRS) rode into the world of STEM and transportation at its sixth annual summer camp for area elementary school students.

Wednesday, July 03, 2019
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As one of two students at his school who plays piano, Andre Jesús García Garza, of Jubilee Brownsville, was looking for the opportunity to meet others who share his interest.

Wednesday, July 03, 2019
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UTRGV graduate student Monica Lugo recently made UTRGV history at the 2019 American Advertising Awards competition by becoming the first UTRGV student to advance to nationals and to receive an award at that level.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
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The Team Mario Fun Fridays Summer Camp at the UTRGV Edinburg Campus took explorers on a trip into the wild with Animal Adventures, starting with a nursery rhyme to the Shel Silverstein poem, “Boa Constrictor.”

Wednesday, June 05, 2019
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Students from three universities, including UTRGV, traveled across Texas to get field experience in outbreak investigation and learn about the One Health initiative, as part of a cooperative course between UTRGV, Texas A&M University and The ...

Friday, May 31, 2019
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Baseball team announced on Friday that it will host summer evaluations camps for high school baseball players on June 4 and July 9 at 10 a.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.

Thursday, May 30, 2019
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine has won the Texas Medical Association-Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) 2018-2019 Chapter of the Year Award for its efforts in community service and recruitment of TMA members.

Thursday, May 23, 2019
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Public Affairs and Security Studies hosted its first Borderland Security Conference, “On the Border by the Sea,” May 23-24 at the PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón on the ...

Thursday, May 23, 2019
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The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved the planning process for a new graduate degree program, a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Thursday, May 23, 2019
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The UTRGV Chess Team – back-to-back national champions in the Final Four of Collegiate Chess – took a triumphal mini tour of Austin on May 22 to accept kudos, resolutions and proclamations from Gov. Greg Abbott, the House and the ...